Tack-driver.



VERNON GOODING, OF CLARKSIBURG, WEST VIRGINIA.

TACK-DRIVER.

Specification of Letters Yatent.

Patented Dec. 14, 1915.

Application filed May 7, 1915. Serial No. 28,588.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, VERNON GOODING, a citizen of the United States,residing at Olarksburg, in the county of Harrison and State of W estVirginia, have invented new and useful Improvements in Tack-Drivers, ofwhich the following is a specification.

The present invention relates to improve ments in tack driving devices.

In carrying out my invention I propose to provide a tack driverincluding a plunger of some suitable magnetized material which willattract a tack, the device being provided with a reciprocatory handlehaving a contact or hammer member therein which engages with the plungerto force the same in one direction to cause the tack to be driven home.

Another object of the invention is to construct a device of thischaracter which shall embody the desirable features of simplicity inconstruction, cheapness in manufacture and thorough efliciency inoperation.

lVith the above and other objects in View, the improvement resides inthe construction, combination and arrangement of parts set forth in thefollowing specification and falling within the scope of the appendedclaim.

In the drawing: Figure l is a perspective view of a tack driverconstructed in accordance with the present invention, Fig. 2 is acentral longitudinal sectional view through the same, and Fig. 3 is atransverse sectional view approximately on the line 3-3 of Fig. 2.

My improved tack driver is broadly indicated by the numeral 1 andincludes a hollow handle 2, the same having its outer end closed, as at3. Secured to the closed end 3 and extending centrally through thehollow handle 2 and projecting through the open end thereof is a hammerhead 4, the same being in the nature of a rod which is round in crosssection and the portion of the rod projecting through the closed end 3of the handle 2 is offset and curved and has its end bifurcated toprovide a claw 5, the said claw being employed for withdrawing tacks inthe usual manner.

The bore of the hollow handle 2 at diametrically opposite points isprovided with longitudinally extending grooves 6, to re ceive oppositelydisposed lugs 7 provided upon a sleeve 8. The sleeve is formed with areduced tubular extension 9, the same bemg arranged at its end oppositethat provided with the lug 7, the hammer head 4 bemg arranged within thesleeve 8.

Disposed within the tube 9 and snugly engaged the inner bore thereof isa plunger 10, the said plunger having its inner end provided with a headand with offset members 11 which receive one end of a helical spring 12,the opposite end of said spring resting upon the shouldered end of thesleeve 8 at the juncture of the tube 9 therewith. The spring 12 normallyelevates the plunger 10 to bring its end within the tube away from theopen mouth of the tube, and the said plunger is in the nature of amagnet which will attract the tack and and draw the same within the tube9 so that the said tack may be readily driven home when the device isoperated. By moving the handle longitudinally of the sleeve 8, and withsuiiicient force, the hammer at will be brought into contact with theinner end of the plunger 10, forcing the said plunger against thetension of the spring 12 outwardly of the tube 9, and as a consequencedrive the tack home.

From the above description, taken in con nection with the accompanyingdrawing, the simplicity of the device, as well as the advantages thereofwill, it is thought, be perfectly apparent to those skilled in the artto which such invention appertains without further detailed description.

Having thus described the invention, what I claim is:

In a device for the purpose set forth, a hollow handle, a sleeve withinthe handle, guide members for the sleeve, said sleeve terminating in areduced tubular extension, a plunger of magnetized material within thetubular extension, spring means for normally forcing one end of theplunger away from the end of the tubular extension and within thesleeve, and a hammer member carried by the handle and passing throughthe sleeve and disposed in alinement with the plunger, all as and forthe purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

VERNON GOODING.

Witnesses:

JAMES Lovnn, JOHN SorHnR.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. G.

